Crucible of Faith by Philip Jenkins

Author:Philip Jenkins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Religion / Judaism / History, Religion / Christian Theology / History, Religion / Judaism / Theology, Religion / Christian Theology / General, Religion / Ancient, History / Ancient / General
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2017-09-19T04:00:00+00:00

WITH THOSE CAVEATS in mind, we can legitimately seek Persian influences in Judaism, if not on such a massive scale as might once have been suspected. Nor were such influences early imports; many arrived as part of a broader Hellenistic worldview. Moreover, ideas of cosmic confrontation evolved independently and naturally in the Jewish world, assisted by the imagination of such critical spiritual entrepreneurs as Qumran’s Teacher of Righteousness. This was an internal dynamic, with its own inexorable logic.

Whatever its origins, cosmic warfare beliefs became an integral part of the emerging Jewish synthesis of the Crucible years. And far from being confined to scholarly speculation, these ideas penetrated every aspect of daily life.

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